Search results

It's the Friday night Leeds match which will be the one which asks serious questions of Southern.

No good. Friday night v Leeds, Cardiff or Massive would be more informative.

The service is not fit for purpose now. No loss. So the smart move is to save the money and spend it on either carefully considered can-do alternatives, or if none exist then to reduce ticket prices by the rail fraction of the transport levy so fans can spend the saving on alternatives or on...

No I cannot as I haven't seen the contract. Which leads me to the concession that there may already be tough penalty clauses in it. Which would be most welcome. But overall the albion really should not be paying the full rate now for the not fit for purpose service that is now delivered.

The problem is that what was once a good deal struck with Southern, is now an abysmal deal. When is enough enough ? Anecdotes of away fans spending the night at Brighton station. Is this now acceptable ? The deal needs renegotiating - with high penalty clauses for service failure included -...

As mentioned before... either spend the money saved on carefully considered can-do alternatives, Or if nothing is possible reduce ticket prices by the rail-fraction of the transport levy so people can put the money saved towards transport alternatives / petrol / parking fees themselves. The...

The club need to put Southern on notice that any disruption to the service for the Leeds game will result in the cancellation of Southern's contract immediately.

The Mussolini playbook might have its merits in this case I suppose.

But why pay for a service that is not fit for purpose ? Either use the money saved for carefully considered alternatives, or reduce ticket prices by the rail fraction of the transport levy.

It'll go on for years. The club need to not pay another penny to Southern and start again when a new franchise operator eventually takes over.

So for point 7, the club get a partial refund / discount if the terms are changed ? Could the club insist on new punitive penalty clauses if the contract is being changed ?

Well perhaps not available, but since we get a not fit for purpose rail service to the Amex anyway, it has got to be a positive move to rip up the contract and spend the money on some considered alternatives, or simply on reducing the ticket prices as the travel subsidy would be less.

The service is no longer fit for purpose. It is as good as no service now, so there is no downside to Southern withdrawing it. Rip up the contract and hit the Southern shareholders in the pocket.

The Sainsbury West Hove park and ride worked very well, and I've heard no complaints anywhere about the extra buses to Marine Parade.

The rail service to the Amex is now not fit for purpose. The albion need to tear up the contract and hit Southern shareholders ( and executive bonuses ) in the pocket. The albion should then not do a further deal with Southern unless there are big penalty clauses for service failure. Use the...

There is no usable service now. So what if tickets arn't valid ?